Skype/Phone Coaching

$95.00 – $225.00

Perhaps you’ve studied one of Paul’s dialects and need to check your progress – now it’s time to book a Skype session! Or you have a Cockney audition tomorrow or a voice-over gig in a Southern dialect – book a phone session. Or you’re working on your English as a Second Language or have a speech to give in public – book a FaceTime session. As soon as we receive your payment, we will reach out to you to schedule your appointment. If you want the booklet/CD or eBook relevant to your needs included in your order at half-price, don’t order from this page, but please e-mail Paul instead and he will send you a special invoice. And scroll to the bottom of this page to see what a Skype session with Paul looks like and how YOUR free private page will look!

One-on-one or Group Session?

Paul will work one-on-one with you or with several individuals at a single computer at the rates quoted below, or with several different clients through a video-conference involving several computers (for participants in different parts of the world; e-mail Paul with details of your needs and he will quote you a group price).

Costs:

Skype/phone-coaching rates: 30-minute session, $95 for individuals and $125 for groups and corporations; 1-hour session, $165 for individuals and $225 for groups and corporations. Check phone-coaching rates for all policies and procedures.

Session Recordings: Instant online download of mp3 recording of the session is FREE, delivered securely via a private, password-protected Webpage created for you. (Scroll to the bottom of this page for more information.)

Calls: Free worldwide with Skype. Phone calls free within the United States, and at prevailing rates for all other countries.

Quotes: E-mail Paul with your needs, and he will quote the exact price of your order, and send you a special e-invoice or indicate other payment options.

Scheduling:

Paul schedules Skype sessions with clients every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. US Central Time (UTC – 6 hours), including weekends for those without weekday availability. He can usually squeeze in a last-minute request, but the farther ahead you schedule, the better the chance of getting the day and time that suits you.

What can you expect from a session with Paul?

Here’s an example: Watch and listen (by playing the video below) as Paul puts the final polish on the British accents of the cast of I Do, I Do, I Do, by Robin Hawdon, at the Barter Theatre, one of America’s longest-established professional theatres. The company had been working with Paul’s Standard British English dialect instruction from Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen. The production was directed in 2014 by Eugene Wolf and starred Resident Acting Company members Tricia J Matthews as Ann, Holly Williams as Diana, Abbey Elliott as Holly, Andrew Livingston as Tom, Justin Lewis as Geoff, and Sean Campos at Jamie. Stage Manager, John ‘JP’ Pollard was the stage manager, and Stephen Vess, rehearsal assistant stage manager.

Your Skype/phone session with Paul will also include a free personal page JUST FOR YOU. That page will contain all your video/audio sessions with Paul in one easy-to-access location, complete with a description of that file, along with the date and running time. It’s also password-protected, so only you will be able to access it. And it’s yours to access for twelve months following the session. (Of course, you can also download the video/audio files to keep forever.) Click here to see what your page will look like.

"We've been using your book here for years. I am buying copies for members of our AEA resident acting company to have for their own collections. Will likely buy more in the future. Love your work and thanks for putting together such an incredible resource. It's been immensely helpful to our actors and our students."

"We've been using your book here for years. I am buying copies for members of our AEA resident acting company to have for their own collections. Will likely buy more in the future. Love your work and thanks for putting together such an incredible resource. It's been immensely helpful to our actors and our students."

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"Paul Meier’s app — titled 'The Interactive IPA' [search your iTunes app store] — is an easy way to take a reliable IPA resource with you everywhere. The app features all current official phonetic charts, as well as diphthong charts for standard American and British RP, which were developed by Mr. Meier. The user-friendly interactive aspect makes the app a kinesthetic and audiovisual learning aid. The user simply touches the symbol they wish to examine more closely. A detailed description of the symbol pops up and an option to play a sound file, so you can hear, touch, and see the symbol at the same time. The app makes a wonderful addition to classroom use for students in an introduction to speech or a stage-dialects course where the IPA is used."

"Paul Meier’s app — titled 'The Interactive IPA' [search your iTunes app store] — is an easy way to take a reliable IPA resource with you everywhere. The app features all current official phonetic charts, as well as diphthong charts for standard American and British RP, which were developed by Mr. Meier. The user-friendly interactive aspect makes the app a kinesthetic and audiovisual learning aid. The user simply touches the symbol they wish to examine more closely. A detailed description of the symbol pops up and an option to play a sound file, so you can hear, touch, and see the symbol at the same time. The app makes a wonderful addition to classroom use for students in an introduction to speech or a stage-dialects course where the IPA is used."

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"I’ve just visited your Website [IDEA] for the first time, at the prompting of a casting director, Carol Dudley. (She was told about it by Tom Wilkinson.) This is a brief note to thank you for setting up such a scholarly, thorough, and incredibly useful service. I had to find Hungarian for a BBC Patrick Leigh Fermor Book at Bedtime. It was 11 p.m., I was due in the studio in ten hours, [and] I had had some Hungarian somewhere once but had lent it out years ago and it never returned. Anyway, you came to the rescue."

"I’ve just visited your Website [IDEA] for the first time, at the prompting of a casting director, Carol Dudley. (She was told about it by Tom Wilkinson.) This is a brief note to thank you for setting up such a scholarly, thorough, and incredibly useful service. I had to find Hungarian for a BBC Patrick Leigh Fermor Book at Bedtime. It was 11 p.m., I was due in the studio in ten hours, [and] I had had some Hungarian somewhere once but had lent it out years ago and it never returned. Anyway, you came to the rescue."

https://www.paulmeier.com/testimonials/reviews-of-idea/

"Paul worked for us on 'Ride With The Devil' as dialect and dialogue coach, developing dialect tapes for all seventy speaking roles, coaching all the actors, and was invaluable in developing a cohesive vocal and dialect design for the U.S. region that was the setting for the film. Many critics praised the film for capturing the romanticism of the era through language, and Paul's contribution through speech, voice, and dialect was crucial."

Ang Lee, Director

2017-10-21T15:33:51+00:00

Ang Lee, Director

"Paul worked for us on 'Ride With The Devil' as dialect and dialogue coach, developing dialect tapes for all seventy speaking roles, coaching all the actors, and was invaluable in developing a cohesive vocal and dialect design for the U.S. region that was the setting for the film. Many critics praised the film for capturing the romanticism of the era through language, and Paul's contribution through speech, voice, and dialect was crucial."

https://www.paulmeier.com/testimonials/11304/

"Your 'Accents & Dialects for Stage & Screen' is a fabulous resource for anyone involved in dialect training for actors — I know of no other contemporary work to compare with its scope and depth. It’s meticulous, exhaustive, and very well organized into a clear and rational step-by-step approach. Those of us with a background in International Phonetics can be grateful that you’ve done so much of the legwork for us. This is a book that won’t gather dust on my bookshelf — I shall be consulting it often."

"Your 'Accents & Dialects for Stage & Screen' is a fabulous resource for anyone involved in dialect training for actors — I know of no other contemporary work to compare with its scope and depth. It’s meticulous, exhaustive, and very well organized into a clear and rational step-by-step approach. Those of us with a background in International Phonetics can be grateful that you’ve done so much of the legwork for us. This is a book that won’t gather dust on my bookshelf — I shall be consulting it often."

https://www.paulmeier.com/testimonials/11305/

"Being a working actor can be a lonely business: the preparation, the hours of digging to find your character — his soul, his voice. But your comprehensive book linked to the resources on your Website and IDEA now make the job seem less isolated. Your meticulous and comprehensive study has given us an invaluable tool with which to tackle our craft. When I was presented with seven characters in 'Catch 22,' I was initially daunted. I am a Brit, and here were seven Americans to be presented in their own country. I was lost and overwhelmed, … and then I found your book, and through your calm and clear guidance, I found their voices. Thank you, Paul."

Richard Sheridan Willis, Actor, Toronto, Canada

2017-10-21T15:38:21+00:00

Richard Sheridan Willis, Actor, Toronto, Canada

"Being a working actor can be a lonely business: the preparation, the hours of digging to find your character — his soul, his voice. But your comprehensive book linked to the resources on your Website and IDEA now make the job seem less isolated. Your meticulous and comprehensive study has given us an invaluable tool with which to tackle our craft. When I was presented with seven characters in 'Catch 22,' I was initially daunted. I am a Brit, and here were seven Americans to be presented in their own country. I was lost and overwhelmed, … and then I found your book, and through your calm and clear guidance, I found their voices. Thank you, Paul."